Interesting. I put my wheel brakes on the right slider. The dial felt more natural for me when taxiing. (ie, turn dial right, nose steers right, like an RC car)

Another thing that is nice having the gear switch turn the mix off is that the nose wheel centers just as the gear retracts, greatly reducing the chance of snagging the cables on the gear if you are giving a rudder input as you retract the gear.